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AFTIL 25, 1985

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SCHOOLS QUIZ PUT ON TV TAPE *****

THE INTER-SCHOOL ACADEMIC QUIZ COMPETITION WHICH BROUGHT TOGETHER STUDENTS FROM 27 SECONDARY SCHOOLS HAS BEEN PRODUCED INTO A TELEVISION SERIES FOR SCREENING.

THE STUDENTS WERE QUIZZED ON GENERAL KNOWLEDGE AND ACADEMIC MATTERS, AS WELL AS NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS SUBJECTS, SUCH AS GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE, DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS, LABOUR WELFARE AND OTHER SOCIAL PROBLEMS.

ORGANISED BY RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG, THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION AND ROTARY INTERNATIONAL 345, THE QUIZ WAS THE FINAL PROGRAMME OF THE 1984-85 HONG KONG YOUTH CULTURAL AND ARTS COMPETITIONS SPONSORED BY CNTA.

+ IT WAS HOPED THAT THE TV QUIZ WOULD HELP PROMOTE CIVIC EDUCATION AMONG CHILDREN AND ENRICH THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF CURRENT AFFAIRS SO AS TO HELP THEM ADAPT TO CHANGING TIMES,+ A CNTA SPOKESMAN SAID.

TO HIGHLIGHT THE TV SHOW, A MEMBER OF EITHER THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, OR THE URBAN COUNCIL APPEARED ON EACH OF THE PROGRAMMES TO PUT QUESTIONS TO THE STUDENTS ON CIVIC EDUCATION.

THE 13-PART QUIZ SHOW WILL BE AIRED EVERY SUNDAY ON ATV CHINESE CHANNEL FROM 8.30 PM TO 9 PM STARTING APRIL 28 AND ON TVB JADE EVERY SATURDAY FROM 4.30 PM TO 5 PM STARTING MAY 4.

LAND EXECUTIVES GET CERTIFICATES

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THIRTY-NINE LAND EXECUTIVES, INCLUDING THREE WOMEN, TODAY (THURSDAY) RECEIVED CERTIFICATES FROM THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF LANDS, MR PATRICK WARD, UPON COMPLETION OF A TWO-YEAR COURSE IN LAND ADMINISTRATION.

SPEAKING AT THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY, MR WARD SAID THAT THE CERTIFICATE WAS A WELL-DESERVED AWARD FOR ALL THE HARD WORK WHICH THE LAND EXECUTIVES HAD PUT IN WHILE ATTENDING THE COURSE AS IT REQUIRED A GREAT DEAL OF DETERMINATION, SELF-DISCIPLINE AND LONG HOURS OF STUDY.

HE SAID THAT WHAT THEY HAD ACHIEVED WOULD STAND THEM IN GOOD STEAD IN THEIR FUTURE CAREER.

/THE PART-FILE